Human Nature Is Complex In Lord Of The Flies
Lord of the Flies Essay “Human nature is complex. Even if we do have inclination toward violence, we also have inclination to empathy, to cooperation, to self-control.” Steven Pinker. Humans are naturally complicated. The ways we think and behave are so complex that sometimes even us question why. We act different when we are around different people. We hurt and bully other people, and we do stupid things. In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, shows us the natural complications of human beings, and the abilities of humankind. To begin with, why do we act different when we are around different people? Is it just a simple thing called manners, is it because of the way we were taught
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In chapter 1, Jack was the leader of choirboys, when he and Ralph found a wild pig. Jack steps in and draws his knife but hesitates “He raised his arm in the air. There came a pause, a hiatus, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk, and the blade continued to flash at the end of a bony arm... Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.... Jack’s face was white under the freckles. He noticed that he still held the knife aloft and brought his arm down replacing the blade in the sheath.” Jack started as a little boy who simply had jealousy over power. He was hesitated to kill the pig due to the fact that he had never killed any living creature. In another way, Jack was scared of blood, scared of killing, but as the story continued to go on, the jealous boy has changed. Jack becomes more violent, savage, and he is no longer Jack but a bloodthirsty hunter “Then he raised his spear and sneaked forward. Beyond the creeper, the trail joined a pig-run that was wide enough and trodden enough to be a path... He swung back his right arm and hurled the spear with all his strength. From the pig-run came the quick, hard patter of hoofs, a castanet sound, seductive, maddening-the promise of meat…” (Golding 47). In this chapter, after the boys have spent quite a while on the island, Jack complete changed into a totally different person, now he has no hesitation when it comes to killing a pig, it was his natural behavior. He is skilled at taking any living creatures, no longer scared of blood, no longer scared of killing, the violence in him slowly
In chapter 1, Jack was the leader of choirboys, when he and Ralph found a wild pig. Jack steps in and draws his knife but hesitates “He raised his arm in the air. There came a pause, a hiatus, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk, and the blade continued to flash at the end of a bony arm... Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.... Jack’s face was white under the freckles. He noticed that he still held the knife aloft and brought his arm down replacing the blade in the sheath.” Jack started as a little boy who simply had jealousy over power. He was hesitated to kill the pig due to the fact that he had never killed any living creature. In another way, Jack was scared of blood, scared of killing, but as the story continued to go on, the jealous boy has changed. Jack becomes more violent, savage, and he is no longer Jack but a bloodthirsty hunter “Then he raised his spear and sneaked forward. Beyond the creeper, the trail joined a pig-run that was wide enough and trodden enough to be a path... He swung back his right arm and hurled the spear with all his strength. From the pig-run came the quick, hard patter of hoofs, a castanet sound, seductive, maddening-the promise of meat…” (Golding 47). In this chapter, after the boys have spent quite a while on the island, Jack complete changed into a totally different person, now he has no hesitation when it comes to killing a pig, it was his natural behavior. He is skilled at taking any living creatures, no longer scared of blood, no longer scared of killing, the violence in him slowly